HDB flat upgraders are making up 44% of private residential sales in March. This figure is considered very high considering the figure is only 33 to 34% in Jan & Feb, and even lower in the previous years.
Just take a look at the commentary in bold on the high percentage of HDB buyers in the appended article. Many HDB upgraders are rushing into the private property market thinking that they might miss the boat if they wait for longer. The fear of missing the boat is somehow amplified with the ever increase …

Yet another record breaking HDB flat from Bras Basah sold at $650,000 or a record smashing $736psf. This jaw dropping price was set by a Taiwance PR couple who purchased a HDB flat left with 70 year lease. On the other hand, the Government is stepping out strongly to maintain the stand that the public housing is still affordable, based on their own sets of parameter.
Let’s take a look at these 2 articles brilliantly dissecting the topic on housing affordability in Singapore:
The TRUTH about Housing affordability in Singapore….. By Diary of …

Another record breaking news for HDB resale making the headline: A two-room flat in Chinatown was sold for $245k, creating a new record for the re-sale price of HDB two-room flats.

Just few months back, we had a couple of Indonesian PR forking out $653k to purchase a 4 room flat of 969 sf at Strathmore Avenue, making it a deal of $674 psf. It may be true that now and then there will be individual cases buying at record breaking price due to personal preference & decision. And this may …

There has been so much discussion on Singapore public housing, Housing Development Board (HDB) these days. Many issues were raised from the affordability of public housing, and the priority of HDB as an authority in ensuring a fair housing pricing to the heartlanders, to the adequacy of the supply in response to the ever increasing demand from the Singaporeans and Permanent Residents (PR).
Housing is a complex issue. Housing in Singapore is reckoned not just as a social issue, rather it presents as a commodity having impact on the financial sector development and macroeconomic …

The new build-to-order HDB projects at Dawson, SkyVille & Sky Terrace have drifted from the conventional framework of the public housing. Indeed, they appear so exciting and contemporary that one tend to refer it as private condominium projects.

During the building nation, provision of shelter as social concern was the top priority under the authority’s aim. Policies were formulated and implemented in line with the public housing provision, as to provide the people with a basic shelter. With the progressive economic development of the nation, there are shifts in the policy …